but from that steve to another steve, we're going to go to washington, d.c. where steve liesman joins us now on cyprus with a very special guest. steve? >> yes, thanks, andrew, we're joined by the former governor of the central bank of cyprus and renowned expert on monetary policy. his research, some of it written with former and current members of the u.s. fed. he worked at the fed from 1990 to 2007 now at m.i.t. good morning. >> good morning, steve. >> let's talk about where we are right now. the parliament rejected the bank bailout as proposed by the international institution yesterday. and now the cyprus finance minister is in russia. where do we go from here? >> it's a very difficult situation. but first, let me explain why the rejection of yesterday. i'm going to compare this to u.s. terms. imagine if governments of other states in the united states blackmailed the states of massachusetts where i'm at right now to shut down its financial center because they don't like it. this essentially what the other governments did on friday night to cyprus. and it